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Hellespontus

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[hel-uh-spon-tis] / ˌhɛl əˈspɒn tɪs /

noun

an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.

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Hellespontus

Next Acamas and Pyrous lead their hosts, In dread array, from Thracia's wintry coasts; Round the bleak realms where Hellespontus roars, And Boreas beats the hoarse-resounding shores.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

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